"I fully respect my election rival, Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi, for his role in the 30 June revolution," Sabahi told Channel One. "I vow to protect his life if I am elected president."

Sabahi added: "Discrimination between Muslims and Christians, Sunni and Shia, women and men, or between Upper Egyptians and those from the Delta must end. I will establish a commission to fight discrimination."